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Originally Posted by doug.goodman
I wouldn't put Mariano in either.
His team played 1,450 plus innings each year, he played 67 1/2.
If he was so good why did he play so little?
He seldom entered a game where his team had less than a 90% chance of winning. What other player is ever in a situation that he always has a 90% chance of success?
https://retrosheet.org/Research/Smit...fTheCloser.pdf
The only thing I'll give him credit for is having a beautiful autograph in an era of scribbles. |
To his credit, his WHIP was outstanding.
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